School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- A great many travelling people visit this district frequently. Some of those people go around begging alms, whilst others sell small articles, which they make themselves.
There is a travelling man who visits my home frequently named John Sherdon. The people of this district call him "Jack the Basket because he make baskets from sally switches, and sells them to they people.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny